NEWS
The 14th Annual Illustration Research Symposium, ‘Illustration & Heritage: Sharing Histories to Draw Out Futures’ (November 2024), invited papers that explored the intersections between illustration and heritage, with international speakers from archaeology, architecture, archiving, conservation, design, heritage, illustration, and museology. The presentations – delivered as papers and exhibited as posters – allowed for an interdisciplinary exploration of the two practices, illustration and heritage, emphasizing their similarities both as active processes, considering their tangible and intangible dimensions.
For this volume of the Journal of Illustration, we bring illustration and heritage together once more. We play on this idea in our writing and classifications by using the slash: illustration/heritage. By bringing the two words closer together on the page, we narrow the gap.
For this volume of the Journal of Illustration, we bring illustration and heritage together once more. We play on this idea in our writing and classifications by using the slash: illustration/heritage. By bringing the two words closer together on the page, we narrow the gap.
The 16th International Illustration Research Symposium provides space to discuss the often hidden (but ever present) topic of failure in the context of illustration. This symposium is jointly organised by independent practitioners and academics from the University of Exeter, Arts University Plymouth, and Parsons School of Design in New York. Hosted in Devon by Arts University Plymouth.
Intellect's interview
Intellect's James Campbell interviews Nanette Hoogslag (principle editor) and Adrian Holme (associate editor) of the Journal of Illustration in the Intellect's series of online talks 'In Conversation'
The 15th Illustration Research
symposium posters
symposium posters
The 15th Illustration Research symposium was organised by and held at the Koç University in Istanbul, Türkiye. It included an exhibition of posters reflecting on the role of technology in illustration. Here's a selection of posters from this exhibition:
The latest research and projects from the illustration research community, highlighted by the Journal of Illustration steering committee members and guest curators.
O Haruna talks to Mark Ingram about his role in playing with character design between cultural hybridity and familiar signifiers in the British-American cartoon Apple & Onion
O Haruna talks to Jackie Edwards about her role in overseeing the production of British cartoon Rastamouse amidst the cultural anxieties of experimental racial performance.
The artist shares insights on the differences between the research environment in art institutions in china and in the UK
ESSAY
The graphic novel as a PhD thesis
Interview with the organiser Rohama Malik
4 illustration academics share their impressions from Bologna 2026
Excerpt from an essay by Emily Evans
Hatiye Garip introduces Accessible Lines, a project which makes illustrations accessible for blind and low-vision audiences.
Jenn Liv talks about her research into place- and memory-making through immersive technologies
A guide on collaborative picture book making from Rose Feather
ARCHIVE HIGHLIGHTS
The 14th Illustration Research
symposium posters
symposium posters
The 14th Illustration Research symposium was organised by the Illustration Programme at Camberwell College of Arts, and hosted at Chelsea College of Arts, University of the Arts London (UAL), United Kingdom. These are some highlights from the poster exhibition at the event.
Ben Jones
John Kilburn, Darren Aoki, Victoria Squire
Gemma Burditt
Christy Burdock
Geoff Grandfield
Hyunjin Seo
Maisy Summer
Matthew Booker
Amy Dover
Hannah Ackroyd
Esther McManus
Lindsay Baker
Call for illustration researchers
We welcome visual essays, critical reflections, experimental work, and illustration research projects from undergraduate or postgraduate students, academics, researchers, and practitioners.
Rather than highlighting portfolios, we focus on visual, written, or hybrid critical essays, archive studies, research-focused interviews and discussions, excerpts from papers/dissertations that reflect on illustration as a research discipline.
Get in touch if you would like your research to be featured on our website!
Rather than highlighting portfolios, we focus on visual, written, or hybrid critical essays, archive studies, research-focused interviews and discussions, excerpts from papers/dissertations that reflect on illustration as a research discipline.
Get in touch if you would like your research to be featured on our website!
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